Rhetorical Triangle
A speaker or author's authority, credibility, and believability. Persuades the reader that the writer/speaker can be trusted and believed due to their noble character or ethical ways in which they are presenting ideas.
Ethos.
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. This scheme helps emphasize words and ideas in general.
Anaphora.
A figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect.
Metaphor.
Dekanawidah, aka "The Great Peacemaker" is an example of which S.P.A.C.E.C.A.T. element?
Speaker.
True or False: The terms "white house" and "the US Government" is an example of Metonymy.
True
An appeal made to an audience's emotions in order to evoke feelings.
Pathos.
Coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance or similar wording.
Parallelism.
A trope in which a writer or speaker intentionally makes a situation seem less important or more small.
Understatement.
The content of the text, the key point(s) the author is communicating to the audience.
Message.
True or False: The terms "wheel" and "vehicle" could be used to describe metonymy?
False.
The appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic. To use logos, the author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics. Using historical and literal analogies to make a logical argument is another strategy.
Logos.
A literary device that uses multiple repetitions of the same conjunction (and, but, if, etc…).
Polysyndeton.
The use of putting contradicting elements together. Combining these contradictory elements can both confuse and entertain the audience.
Oxymoron.
The Rhetorical Triangle (ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos) would be found under which SPACECAT element?
Appeals
The phrase, "he is not slender" could be used to describe which rhetorical device?
Understatement.
The call to “Act Now!” An appeal to some particular fast-approaching moment is often a rhetor's attempt to create a perfect kairotic moment for his or her message by creating a sense of urgency.
Kairos.
The intentional skipping of conjunctions that are normally used in a sentence or phrase.
Asyndeton.
The opposite of a hyperbole. An understatement is used to enhance its meaning through negating it as an opposite.
Litotes.
Diction, sentence structure, organization, layout and color would be best classified with which SPACECAT element?
Appeals.
The phrase, "Mr. Zuk is no ordinary teacher" could be used to describe which rhetorical device?
Litote.
Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
Hillary Clinton, who was first lady at the time, bolsters her credibility and authority to speak on women-focused issues by noting that she’s had twenty-five years of experience doing so. Later, she draws on her firsthand accounts of meeting women across all parts of the world. Acknowledging her encounters with women from various parts of the world is particularly relevant to the speech’s ethical appeal because it was delivered at an international conference.
Ethos.
The placement of two or more things side by side, often to bring out their differences.
Juxtaposition.
A type of trope in which an alternate name takes the place of the name of an original idea, while both are closely related or associated.
Metonymy.
An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.
Exigence.
"Old news" could be used to describe which rhetorical device?
Oxymoron.